Amazon Prime Video, General Discussion [Ireland]

ButtersSuki · 28-01-2021 5:42pm

knightfly wrote: »

If you are using the FireTV Stick then don't use the "my Movies" from the main main menu; it won't work. Instead use the primeVideo app.

Have both a 4K Firestick and the app on TV. neither are working.

Scott Tenorman · 28-01-2021 5:58pm

I have a 4K firestick.

When I go into the prime video app everything plays fine but when I try to play something directly on the homescreen I get an error message every time.

Any body seen this before and knows how to fix it?

dulpit · 28-01-2021 7:39pm

Scott Tenorman wrote: »

I have a 4K firestick.

When I go into the prime video app everything plays fine but when I try to play something directly on the homescreen I get an error message every time.

Any body seen this before and knows how to fix it?

Everybody in Ireland not using vpns/etc will have same experience and you can't fix it.

KildareP · 28-01-2021 8:35pm

Anyone notice a dip in the picture quality on Prime since this week? Watching S3 of Mr Robot and pixelation and colour banding all over the place. Looks terrible.

They seem to have cut the streaming bitrate big time, way less than the usual 10Mbps.

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 29-01-2021 2:53am

I was excited to see Vikings was available on Prime, until I went into the page to click it and it gave me "unavailable in your location". Even when I switched on my VPN it still didn't let me watch it. How are people watching content on this if they're not available in Ireland? I'm actually a luddite when it comes to this kind of thing.

Update: okay I'm able to watch it , I was on the wrong website (I had to go onto a Prime video page made for us non-important peasants, half the content available).

My question still stands, I suppose. How do I watch (hell, there are things here I want to buy!) content that is region locked?

dulpit · 29-01-2021 6:05am

Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »

My question still stands, I suppose. How do I watch (hell, there are things here I want to buy!) content that is region locked?

With an Irish account you can't. If you change all your details (billing/etc) to UK, contact amazon support and get them to ensure you're on a UK account then you can, but you must then ensure you are on a vpn at all times...

FileNotFound · 29-01-2021 6:18am

Gator88 wrote: »

You got me all excited there but I checked on Amazon and they still won't deliver fire tv to Ireland. After a few minutes of live chat I've been told that its not available in Ireland due to copyright issues

They sell them in curry's - well non essential in store right now but for sale online,

Not hard to get. Good for running other apps too.

Have a couple 4ks myself, handy little toys.

FileNotFound · 29-01-2021 6:22am

SheroP wrote: »

Hi all
Not sure if I’m in the right spot
But here goes anyhow
What is the best recommended device to cast from iPhone to non smart tv, it does have a hdmi socket
Thank in advance

Chromecast is king of cast. Roku second rate rubbish in my opinion.

Better yet throw that apple rubbish away and get an android phone haha. Just easier for casting etc.

New chromecast with google TV very good, handy little remote. Has playstore so tons of apps.

Mr.Nice Guy · 15-02-2021 10:31pm

I completed my watch of season 6 of the X-Files. I enjoyed this one a lot more than the previous season. In fact, I’d rank it as one of my favourites. I remembered many episodes I enjoyed when I first watched in the 90s, such as 'How the Ghosts Stole Christmas', 'Tithonus' (about the photographer looking for Death) and 'Monday' (the Groundhog Day one). I also have a soft spot for The Rain King, which seems to divide fans. I read on Wiki that some fans disliked this season following the move from Vancouver to LA as they felt the tone of the show had changed. I must say I didn’t notice. I thought the writers did well.

I found 'Field Trip' clever (where Scully and Mulder are dealing with LSD-style spores) and seeing Bryan Cranston pop up in ‘Drive’ was a fun surprise; I thought that episode held up well. The Mulder body swap double episode was another fun one I got a kick out of.

I found the mythology episodes more satisfying compared to Season 5 too. I particularly liked the direction they took things in the finale, introducing the religious element with the aliens. It was a nice idea to bridge Mulder and Scully’s belief systems. I remembered the final shot of Scully finding the spacecraft in the beach and it remains a cool visual.

Not all the episodes were great. I disliked Alpha, about a legendary dog that is killing off people. Agua Mala, the one about the water creature, began to irritate me in the second half when all of the annoying extra characters came on the scene.

Most episodes, however, I thought were very entertaining. I also liked how Mulder and Scully seemed to have much better chemistry this season, in contrast to last season where they seemed to be getting on each other’s nerves too often for my liking. The bit from The Unnatural where Mulder and Scully are having a few swings of the baseball bat is a good example of that. I learned Duchovny wrote that one and I thought it was a good episode. I wonder did he feel the two characters needed to lighten up more because I thought it was refreshing. Funniest moment for me in Season 6 was Scully in the Lone Gunmen episode when she gets drugged and starts acting like a crazy, drunk person.

On now to Season 7…

GottaGetGatt · 15-02-2021 10:37pm

Is “This is Us” not working for anyone else, comes up as Currentyl unavailable?. Similar with Season 2 of Fleabag a few months back . I’m on the Irish account.

Need a Username · 16-02-2021 12:20am

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I don't know. I was trying to browse through both to see what's there. Primarily I want to watch The Americans, which is on UK/Ireland, although US has the 3rd season.

I'm not seeing a whole lot in the film section of the US one that would make me think I must have it. There doesn't seem to be anything too recent on it, like straight out of the cinema. I'm going to keep looking for a while.

Prime in Ireland has The Americans seasons 1 to 6.

Wrongway1985 · 16-02-2021 12:40am

GottaGetGatt wrote: »

Is “This is Us” not working for anyone else, comes up as Currentyl unavailable?. Similar with Season 2 of Fleabag a few months back . I’m on the Irish account.

Search for season you want to watch they are there, recent season has a duplicate that is in a block that hasn't grouped in the other seasons, was recently discussed for Vikings too.

Need a Username · 16-02-2021 8:14am

GottaGetGatt wrote: »

Is “This is Us” not working for anyone else, comes up as Currentyl unavailable?. Similar with Season 2 of Fleabag a few months back . I’m on the Irish account.

Similar happened with Walking Dead. You should report it to customer service.

Amazon needs to clean up Prime from stuff like this.

Tipsy McSwagger · 16-02-2021 8:37am

Seinfeld gone.

Wrongway1985 · 16-02-2021 8:50am

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Seinfeld gone.

That's Available on the "All4" player here if you don't mind a few ads.

Noise Annoys · 16-02-2021 5:46pm

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

That's Available on the "All4" player here if you don't mind a few ads.

All eps also on RTÉ Player.

fryup · 16-02-2021 6:11pm

KildareP wrote: »

Anyone notice a dip in the picture quality on Prime since this week? Watching S3 of Mr Robot and pixelation and colour banding all over the place. Looks terrible.

They seem to have cut the streaming bitrate big time, way less than the usual 10Mbps.

watching the grand tour on TV...the picture goes from bright to dark repeatedly and its annoying

but watching on the laptop its fine

is there a fix?

knightfly · 17-02-2021 11:12am

fryup wrote: »

watching the grand tour on TV...the picture goes from bright to dark repeatedly and its annoying

but watching on the laptop its fine is there a fix?

I would say the problem is your TV. You don't say how you are connecting to PrimeVideo but may be swap the connectors around on the back of your TV?

fryup · 17-02-2021 11:37am

^^^^^^^^^^^^

through wi-fi, other streaming services are perfect

knightfly · 17-02-2021 11:46am

fryup wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^^^^

through wi-fi, other streaming services are perfect

That wasn't what I meant; what device are you using (Amazon FireTV stick etc)? Are the other streaming services using the same device?

Outkast_IRE · 17-02-2021 11:52am

Star Trek Lower Decks - 2 episodes in the middle of the season unavailable . Very odd and annoying , luckily they are standalone.

Seen Bobs burgers was added.

Need a Username · 17-02-2021 11:57am

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

Star Trek Lower Decks - 2 episodes in the middle of the season unavailable . Very odd and annoying , luckily they are standalone.

Seen Bobs burgers was added.

That has happened with Vikings a lit.

Did you contact customer service? The episodes of Vikings I reported over the last year took weeks to correct. A few are like that now and I stick mid season.

Custom service have blamed both Brexit and licensing issues - explaining that it is not Brexit and that licensing issues would affect at least the whole season just results in a “this is a known issues and we working on resolving it”.

fryup · 17-02-2021 12:08pm

That wasn't what I meant; what device are you using (Amazon FireTV stick etc)? Are the other streaming services using the same device?

not using a device i'm using the amazon app on my smart TV,

DessieJames · 17-02-2021 12:10pm

Anyone know when season 6 of the Expanse will be on assuming filming has started?

Best series ive seen in years.

Wrongway1985 · 17-02-2021 12:41pm

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

Star Trek Lower Decks - 2 episodes in the middle of the season unavailable . Very odd and annoying , luckily they are standalone.

Seen Bobs burgers was added.

Search for the show again you'll find a duplicate block that has them available within. Obviously stupid but at least they are there.

Bob's Burgers has been there for Donkeys just the latest season was added recently.

Outkast_IRE · 17-02-2021 12:52pm

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Search for the show again you'll find a duplicate block that has them available within. Obviously stupid but at least they are there.

Bob's Burgers has been there for Donkeys just the latest season was added recently.

Was it ? I think amazons recommendations are the worst i have ever come across , they leave some real gems buried in the library but will recommend you the same crap time and again . The whole UI needs a massive overhaul.

FileNotFound · 18-02-2021 1:52pm

DessieJames wrote: »

Anyone know when season 6 of the Expanse will be on assuming filming has started?

Best series ive seen in years.

Big fan but found Season 5 very slow altogether.

I understand its an xmas release series so assuming filming has been able to start I'd say December 2021.

Supposed to be the final season - but there are 2 more books - not sure if thats good or bad.

Wrongway1985 · 18-02-2021 3:54pm

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

Was it ? I think amazons recommendations are the worst i have ever come across , they leave some real gems buried in the library but will recommend you the same crap time and again . The whole UI needs a massive overhaul.

Yeah, the recommendations appear to be a copy and paste of the recently added and the recently added were probably added at least 2 weeks ago for the most part.

Changing the interface may have been suggested once or twice :pac:

knightfly · 18-02-2021 4:00pm

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Yeah, the recommendations appear to be a copy and paste of the recently added and the recently added were probably added at least 2 weeks ago for the most part.

Changing the interface may have been suggested once or twice :pac:

It's strange that they are so bad; Amazon aren't lacking clever engineers to implement a decent system and keeping customers signed up has to be in their best interests. There aren't even a set of like/dislike buttons to tell the recommendation engine what sort of programs I want.

It keeps suggesting live sports for me; I've no idea why. I've never watched any and never will

dulpit · 18-02-2021 8:30pm

To be fair, their recommendations on the main website can be odd. If you buy a TV, Amazon be like "We think you'd like another TV". I got a DSLR a few years ago and instead of my recommendations being full of things like lenses, cases, etc; it was instead recommendations of other DSLRs.

knightfly · 19-02-2021 10:38am

dulpit wrote: »

To be fair, their recommendations on the main website can be odd. If you buy a TV, Amazon be like "We think you'd like another TV". I got a DSLR a few years ago and instead of my recommendations being full of things like lenses, cases, etc; it was instead recommendations of other DSLRs.

Yes, but it can also be quite creepy. A friend once got a stair gate to keep her dogs out of the kitchen. Amazon decided she'd got a baby and started recommanding baby products. After a few years it was starting to recommend Back To School products...

dinneenp · 19-02-2021 1:00pm

knightfly wrote: »

It keeps suggesting live sports for me; I've no idea why. I've never watched any and never will

Maybe as there's money in sports channels so they want to get new paying customers?

Outkast_IRE · 19-02-2021 1:03pm

FileNotFound wrote: »

Big fan but found Season 5 very slow altogether.

I understand its an xmas release series so assuming filming has been able to start I'd say December 2021.

Supposed to be the final season - but there are 2 more books - not sure if thats good or bad.

I really enjoyed season 5 , i thought season 4 was the poorest for me.

KildareP · 19-02-2021 1:06pm

fryup wrote: »

watching the grand tour on TV...the picture goes from bright to dark repeatedly and its annoying

but watching on the laptop its fine is there a fix?

At a guess, sounds like it's switching in and out of HDR mode.

Anyway, I've cancelled Prime altogether - lots of rewatching to be getting on with Star next week

FileNotFound · 20-02-2021 3:01am

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

I really enjoyed season 5 , i thought season 4 was the poorest for me.

I get that some people like the character development, for me it was overplayed, almost an hr of watching 1 character cry alone.

Minimal action.

That and having to cull actors post shooting for real life actions made it choppy.

Going the way of GoT - good when it followed the books but losing its way.

Hoping it can wrap up well but hard to see.

Itssoeasy · 21-02-2021 12:56am

I’ve finished season 2 of the marvellous mrs maisel and like some have said it’s as good as the first season. I like most of the characters but Joel’s mother would get on your nerves. She’s the type of person who means well but is okay in small doses.

carr62 · 06-03-2021 9:39am

I was hoping to join Amazon prime video as daughter needs to watch The Handmaid's Tale for school, and i cant find it anywhere else to stream. Strange thing is, it seems that seasons 1 & 2 are blocked here, although season 3 is available. I have a fire stick. Is there a way to get around this so we can watch from season 1? Apologies if im asking the obvious, im not at all technical. Many thanks.

Tea For Two · 06-03-2021 9:51am

I’m a few episodes into Absentia. Liking it so far.

artvanderlay · 06-03-2021 10:38am

carr62 wrote: »

I was hoping to join Amazon prime video as daughter needs to watch The Handmaid's Tale for school, and i cant find it anywhere else to stream. Strange thing is, it seems that seasons 1 & 2 are blocked here, although season 3 is available. I have a fire stick. Is there a way to get around this so we can watch from season 1? Apologies if im asking the obvious, im not at all technical. Many thanks.

Sign up for a VPN. I use ExpressVPN, and you can even get a free 30 day trial if you don't want it beyond that (https://www.expressvpn.com/features/vpn-trial). Set it up and set your region to UK on it. It works for me: I get all the UK content on Amazon Prime.

The Continental Op · 06-03-2021 10:52am

carr62 wrote: »

I was hoping to join Amazon prime video as daughter needs to watch The Handmaid's Tale for school, and i cant find it anywhere else to stream. Strange thing is, it seems that seasons 1 & 2 are blocked here, although season 3 is available. I have a fire stick. Is there a way to get around this so we can watch from season 1? Apologies if im asking the obvious, im not at all technical. Many thanks.

If you don't particularly need Prime then you might as well buy the DVD's from Amazon - about €40 for all three seasons.

Str8outtaWuhan · 06-03-2021 11:51am

carr62 wrote: »

I was hoping to join Amazon prime video as daughter needs to watch The Handmaid's Tale for school, and i cant find it anywhere else to stream. Strange thing is, it seems that seasons 1 & 2 are blocked here, although season 3 is available. I have a fire stick. Is there a way to get around this so we can watch from season 1? Apologies if im asking the obvious, im not at all technical. Many thanks.

read the book its better, and avoid the sequel, the author tried to pander to its success and ruined the original ending

Str8outtaWuhan · 06-03-2021 11:52am

artvanderlay wrote: »

Sign up for a VPN. I use ExpressVPN, and you can even get a free 30 day trial if you don't want it beyond that (https://www.expressvpn.com/features/vpn-trial). Set it up and set your region to UK on it. It works for me: I get all the UK content on Amazon Prime.

AWS are very good at detecting VPN's just be aware.

manodepeeple · 06-03-2021 12:16pm

carr62 wrote: »

I was hoping to join Amazon prime video as daughter needs to watch The Handmaid's Tale for school, and i cant find it anywhere else to stream. Strange thing is, it seems that seasons 1 & 2 are blocked here, although season 3 is available. I have a fire stick. Is there a way to get around this so we can watch from season 1? Apologies if im asking the obvious, im not at all technical. Many thanks.

I have Getflix DNS running on the home router and can watch live premiership and just watched the first minute of the very first episode of The Handmaid's Tale to make sure - all on Prime.
Don't need a VPN...
Getflix have brilliant step-by-step instructions.
PM if you get stuck.

Also, BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub etc. all working perfectly on all devices connected to the home router.

The Continental Op · 06-03-2021 1:25pm

Also a few places online that will give you a 30 day free trial for Audio books and the full audio is also on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8gFH5ybelM

knightfly · 08-03-2021 10:30am

carr62 wrote: »

I was hoping to join Amazon prime video as daughter needs to watch The Handmaid's Tale for school, and i cant find it anywhere else to stream. Strange thing is, it seems that seasons 1 & 2 are blocked here, although season 3 is available. I have a fire stick. Is there a way to get around this so we can watch from season 1? Apologies if im asking the obvious, im not at all technical. Many thanks.

This is one of the weird things about Amazon's content for Ireland; random episodes can just be missing. Nobody knows why.

I'm curious, why does your daughter need to watch a specific program for school. It feels odd that they should require that she watch something that isn't free-to air.

is_that_so · 08-03-2021 10:34am

carr62 wrote: »

I was hoping to join Amazon prime video as daughter needs to watch The Handmaid's Tale for school, and i cant find it anywhere else to stream. Strange thing is, it seems that seasons 1 & 2 are blocked here, although season 3 is available. I have a fire stick. Is there a way to get around this so we can watch from season 1? Apologies if im asking the obvious, im not at all technical. Many thanks.

Seek out the original film instead from 1990. Much shorter and tells the story just as well, better IMO. I'd also recommend the book, in paper or audio form.

loyatemu · 08-03-2021 11:11am

Str8outtaWuhan wrote: »

read the book its better, and avoid the sequel, the author tried to pander to its success and ruined the original ending

is_that_so wrote: »

Seek out the original film instead from 1990. Much shorter and tells the story just as well, better IMO. I'd also recommend the book, in paper or audio form.

FFS he's literally said his daughter needs to watch the series, not read the book or watch an entirely different film.

Tenger · 08-03-2021 12:15pm

knightfly wrote: »

........................
I'm curious, why does your daughter need to watch a specific program for school. It feels odd that they should require that she watch something that isn't free-to air.

As a parent of teenage kids this does seem odd.
Why would the school not provide copies or choose a more accessible show?
Maybe it’s the book they are studying and the kid doesn’t like reading (2 of my 4 hate reading, I’ve set them up with Audible instead)

carr62 · 08-03-2021 1:02pm

The situation is that my daughter has been studying the book as part of her Leaving Cert course. She would be very familiar with the book, having written essays on it etc for the course. A little while ago, the class were discussing how written works are "adapted" for television, and how a film or tv series can end up being far removed from the original. They started talking about Handmaid's Tale, and my daughter realized she was one of very few in her class who hadnt seen it. The teacher suggested it might be a good idea to watch it in her spare time if she could, but it isnt a necessary part of the syllabus.

Tenger · 08-03-2021 2:12pm

Thanks for explanation. Makes sense now.

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